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Based on the weekly cc.com damage report it would seem a traffic cam would be appropriate, if only for the entertainment.

Yeah we were getting some pretty low SC scores on a E pit up near the hogsback, with some quality shears. Some of the minor slides were stepping down on those layers you outline. Still quite skiable though. This heat should take care of matters! The newer snow up high is already quite heavy to ski, but we were getting boot penetration. Still fun to be skiing three-dimensionally in May though, even if it is a lot of jump turning.

This week's heat should be delivering some serious corn all around next weekend! Way to get in there.

There's always that sketchy period in OR springtime where the temps heat up but the upper headwalls of the volcanoes still hold the snowpack, then they all wake up and can go big! Even a small slough would be enough to make for an ugly ride with the cinders/rocks intermixed. A few of the classics: Thayer HW, North Sister E Morning Couloir, North Sister Milk Creek Gully, Mt. Jefferson WC Rim, Mt. Hood WyEast, Mt. Hood These folks were on Thayer HW. Fortunately, they were not totally buried. Hard to get up that thing w/o encountering some soft snow, as it gets early sun. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery!

Only an onsight if you drive eyes-closed until Govy from PDX. But if you come from Bend and reached the chains w/o a take Sux when you round i-rock and see a bunch of gapers TR'ing it into submission. I hear (this is only a rumor though) that someone out there has onsighted it. He might be from Europe.

Sunny spring skiing TR's, posts from Extremo. Life is good.

you bastards, you made me slobber on my powerbook again LOL anyone wanna touch that one?

When did this happen?

I have skied the s. side of adams in ice conditions and while low-angle, it is no pushover if it does not get the sun, or there is a lot of wind out. The sw chutes are a cakewalk in corn, or a life-threatening experience in ice. You can often see how icy they are from a distance based on the amount of blue in the upper areas. It is the upper part that can remain quite firm. Neither are very steep, but you'd be surprised how fast you get going if you fall on those slope angles. E = 0.5mv^2 + mgh = pain In the right conditions, the SW Chutes is one of the finest moderate runs in the PNW. Enjoy!

At what point is it no longer skiing, just jumping off a cliff?

any guy who's server downtime matches his pants downtime.

At face value, I think every effort should be made to get people in those cars. Any obstruction to this is insanity!

The adoption (is there actually a bill in committee or is this just some "study"?). Jobs or no, I'm sick of getting out of my car, unlocking the gas cap, getting back into the car, and waiting for some guy to pump the gas. I'm no economist but that's just stupid.

A pretty un-Oregon thing to do.

I think those fast birds are white-throated swifts, Aeronautes saxatalis. They are there from April-ish to September-ish. There is also the Canyon Wren, Catherpes mexicanus, which does the descending whistle call very commonly heard at Smith, and a distinct sound of the southwest canyon country too. They are permanent residents at Smith, while the swifts are just passing through.

I believe he is referring to the mis-etymology of the word "sabotage", which is popularly thought to originate from french workers who wore sabots, and threw them in the factory machinery to show their anger. I have heard the true etymology is still from the word sabot and saboters (wearers of sabots), but evolved from bungling incompetent employees who caused problems.

Ever get that feeling a thread is just about to explode

It's a good question, slothrop, since anyone interested in pirating the software knows about it. Basically it sends out a broadcast on UDP 2222 to find others on the network, then the apps use a random TCP port to listen for serial numbers. It is easily blocked with a firewall, and many argue that it is the wise thing to do. For example, it would be quite simple for someone to simply sniff the traffic, and terminate your applications by faking a serial number conflict. It's a pretty cavalier way to do sn checking in many peoples' opinions.

Skew-T plots are helpful if you are interested in where the cloud deck is. The plots are based off weather balloon data launched twice a day. Unfortunately it is not a forecast, but observation data. Basically wherever the dewpoint and temperature curves meet, you have clouds. Upper Air Sounding Plot Information: http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/skew/details.html Maybe someone with aviation experience can provide upper air forecast information. Usually you can have a good idea of what's happening in the Cascades based on what's happening in the foothills, or what's coming off the coast.

So is the cost! That used to be true, but there are some great options these days, such as the Mac mini, iBooks, and even a few of the iMacs. In addition, you have to consider what you get for the money. A lot of PCs appear to be cheap, but often a lot of extra stuff is needed to come close to the specs of the Apple systems. A true quality PC with good hardware is actually quite expensive, and you are forced into a sub-par operating system if you do not want to tinker with Linux distributions. And tinker you will, as Linux, a powerful, artfully-designed operating system, is still on training wheels when it comes to helping grandma with her email. Out of the box, the consumer-end Macs have the software used on the most important servers on the internet. Yet my mom and dad were able to get one up and running to organize their photos and use the web within 20 minutes, no headaches at all. In fact, they loved it. Mac minis start at around $500. Pretty sweet if you ask me.

Clearly you have not used a Mac recently. If you had, you would realize they are miles ahead of Windows in terms of network compatibility and standards compliance, and any open source project compiles readily on the system. Mac OS X is a work of art in terms of ease of use, modern function, and high performance. The hardware is pretty much untouchable in design.

I wasn't saying anything for or against climbing Liberty Ridge on Memorial Day or otherwise.

Not to get into some lameass geek-war but I bet half those "bugs" you attribute to your application are actually Windows making it's presence known. It is totally accurate to say MS products are almost universally sub-standard. Word crawls on a lot of mid-range hardware. It's a word processor. Holes in Explorer routinely allow executable code as if the exploiter is sitting at the keyboard. Versions of MS Office have "called home" with users' personal information. They just don't give a rat's ass about your security, or the performance of their products. They are not trustworthy, and they are stagnant when it comes to innovation. They play a constant game of catch-up. I also don't appreciate seeing the network logs rack up a bunch of entries whenever I fire up MS Word. WTF.

If you have any interest in the advancement of the WWW, you will use Firefox. It is an excellent product and supports W3C standards better than almost any other product. IE is a disgrace. The new IE may not even support CSS2 as Microsoft believes it to be a "broken standard". Hilarious hearing those words from that company.

Speaking of fossil fuel shortages I wonder if exploratory drilling in the North Cascades would change peoples' opinions on petroleum consumption.